Just another day out on the farm...

We spent Wednesday doing various projects around the garden that Stephanie had expressed a desire to get accomplished. We weeded with machetes, watered, planted aloe and other crops, began to dig trenches for a water treatment system they want to set up, and simply enjoyed working outside and feeling like we were accomplishing things around the garden. The weather was nice, not stifling hot like we expected, so group morale was high.

Once the afternoon heat came on, we had our lunch break to avoid the hottest hours of the day. We headed straight to the private beach behind Viking's house to cool off, and proceeded to swim and relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings.After our swim we headed to the local lunch spot (there is really only one close enough for us to walk, that's how small this town was) and it was owned by a wonderful lady named Miss Bevvie.
Miss Bevvie prepared lunch for us most of our days in Treasure Beach, and it was usually the same delicious plate every day. For ~$3 we would get a heaping plate of rice & peas (actually beans but they call them peas in Jamaica), a fried plantain (similar to a banana), and some chicken. We had to call her a few hours ahead to put in our order, we were a huge group to cook for single handedly! We came to love Miss. Bevvie, she was a warm woman who would set the tables up for us and give us free juice with our lunch, and the food was always scrumptious.

After lunch it was back to work, then dinner at Viking's house followed by a tropical rain storm that came through town. We walked back to our hotel in the rain, tired from working and quite thankful for our umbrellas...